page_title: Coast Guard Honor Guard Badge
section_title: Qualification
hierarchical_section_title: Coast Guard Honor Guard Badge / Qualification
caption_attribution_description: English: Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Honor Guard present the colors at the U.S. Coast Guard Change of Command Ceremony for Adm. Thad Allen on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2010.
context_page_description: The Coast Guard Honor Guard Badge is a qualification badge of the United States Coast Guard which recognizes those personnel who are/have been permanently assigned to the Ceremonial Honor Guard Unit at the U.S. Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command, Alexandria, Virginia. The badge was inspired by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Guard Identification Badge.
context_section_description: To qualify for the Honor Guard service members must be between 6 ft-6 ft 4in for men and 5 ft 10in-6 ft 4in for women. This is a regulation throughout all the five services' honor guards for uniformity on parade. All recruits must pass background clearances, health check-ups on back and legs (for long periods of standing and marching), no visible tattoos, unsightly scars and facial acne.
  To be awarded the Coast Guard Honor Guard Badge, a service member must qualify in at least two fields of expertise the fields include, "Body bearing, Colors Detail, and Firing Party". Once a member is qualified in two of these fields they are issued a temporary badge. The badge is authorized to wear at this point while serving out the Honor Guard commitment. At the end of the members Honor Guard term the member is evaluated and can earn the right to wear the badge permanently throughout their Coast Guard career.
  Afterwards the trainee performs (keeping with the Coast Guard creed of poise, pride, perfection) ceremonies that attest and demonstrate poise before their peers, pride in their uniform, perfection in their drills and knowledge of their job sequencing. When perfected the trainee will receive their Honor Guard Badge and take their oath, becoming one of a select few. The Honor Guard performs over 1,600 ceremonies each year.
caption: USCG Honor Guardsman
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